The Book of Concord
Subtitle: the confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
By: edited by Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert ; translated by Charles Arand ... [et al.].
Contributors: Kolb, Robert, 1941-; Wengert, Timothy J.; Arand, Charles P.
Publisher: Fortress Press; Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 774
Subjects: Lutheran Church -- Catechisms.
Work titles: Bekenntnisschriften der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche.
Description: Commissioned in 1993, this new translation of The Book of Concord brings a new generation of scholarship and sensitivities to bear on the foundational texts of Lutheran identity. The fifth English translation since 1851, this edition succeeds that edited by Theodore Tappert published in 1959 by Muhlenburg Press. A review of the text in light of a mountain of new scholarship and other factors dictated the new translation and apparatus, including changes in the English language over the past forty years, differences in the training and preparation of seminarians and pastors, limitations in the introductions and annotations to the various parts of the book, new knowledge of the history and theology of these very documents, and the occasional error in Tappert's translation. Kolb and Wengert's team of leading Reformation historians was augmented by consultation with one hundred other scholars and teachers who use The Book of Concord continually, and two other teams of scholars who have reviewed the translations. In coming years, two volumes of related documents will follow. -- taken from Amazon®.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.